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From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: VGA Problems
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Date: 21 Apr 91 13:15:57 GMT
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I recently upgraded my video from EGA to VGA.  The VGA board
is by Boca (called BasicVGA, 256K, with Chips F82C451C).
Also pertinent is the presence of a Western Digital
WD8013EBT ethernet card.  My problem goes away if I take
this card out, but of course that's not useful in other
contexts.  I'm not planning to use Windows 3 over this
network, so I installed Win3 with plain VGA video and no
network.

I suspect the video driver, since I don't have the problem
if I switch the video to monochrome VGA or Hercules (ugly!).

The problem looks like this.  At arbitrary times, there's a
little pop and a flicker on the screen, the cursor is gone,
and the whole display goes to hell, either lots of vertical
bars or just out.  With the bar mess, I can altF to get out;
with the blank screen, only a cold boot does it.

I poked around cica looking for something that might speak
to my problem, without success.  I'm going to call Boca, but
if anyone has a suggestion, I'd be glad to hear it.  After all,
how can I live without Solitaire? :-)

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